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No Grunts Under 26, $250K Bonuses: DoD's Most Radical Ideas to Transform the Infantry
In The News
What would it take to transform U.S. infantry into a higher-caliber force modeled after the elite 75th Ranger Regiment? For starters, find recruits in their mid-20s and offer ...
By Chris Dougherty
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For U.S. Military Drones, Airspace Is Growing More Congested, Dangerous
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Unmanned U.S. surveillance aircraft, with their suites of advanced technology, are the high-price product of years of domestic drone development during an era of nearly uncont...
By Paul Scharre
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Washington Prepares for a July 4 Spectacle, Starring and Produced by President Trump
Two Bradley armored vehicles rumbled into place on Wednesday in front of the Lincoln Memorial, to be joined later by two Abrams tanks parked nearby. Cranes were putting into p...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Trump touts July 4 military ‘salute’; critics see politics
President Donald Trump is marshalling tanks, bombers and other machinery of war for a Fourth of July celebration that traditionally is light on military might, while critics a...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Susanna V. Blume Named Director of CNAS Defense Program
Washington, D.C. — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Susanna V. Blume has been named Director of the Defense Program. Blume joined the ...
By Cole Stevens
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Trump’s Latest Acting Pentagon Chief Faces Immediate Stress Test
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It has been a taxing week for Mark T. Esper, the acting defense secretary, who did not have that title just a few days ago. Last Thursday, Mr. Esper, 55, was still Army secret...
By Jim Townsend
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What’s the difference between Indo Pacific and Asia-Pacific? Regional control for the US or China
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Indo Pacific? Asia-Pacific? Asean Indo Pacific? The ongoing debate on diplomatic nomenclature was in sharp focus on Monday as leading geopolitical researchers waded into the ...
By Elbridge Colby
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How the Pentagon Nickel-and-Dimed Its Way Into Losing a Drone
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Wednesday’s downing of a U.S. drone by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard exposes a weakness in U.S. operations. The United States has some of the world’s most sophisticated drones fo...
By Paul Scharre
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Trump downplays Iranian shootdown of U.S. surveillance drone
An unarmed U.S. surveillance drone was shot down by a missile fired from Iran, the Pentagon said Thursday, but U.S. and Iranian military officials disputed whether the unmanne...
By Chris Dougherty
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Likely Pentagon Nominee Jumps Into Iran Crisis
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Army Secretary Mark Esper won’t have much time to train up as President Donald Trump’s newest acting Pentagon chief. The U.S. Army veteran and defense industry lobbyist, who a...
By Jim Townsend
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Trump says he will ‘most likely’ nominate his Army secretary to run the Pentagon
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President Trump said he will “most likely” nominate Army Secretary Mark T. Esper to be his next Pentagon chief, potentially creating some stability after acting defense secret...
By Richard Fontaine
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Did China's military-industrial-complex czar pass secrets abroad?
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China's drive to create a 21st century military-industrial complex has hit an obstacle: A key official leading it is under investigation by the country's top anti-corruption a...
By Elbridge Colby
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'You have to know how to hit a curveball': Trump’s Pentagon choice fights to win over doubters
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The knocks on President Donald Trump’s defense-secretary-in-waiting have been circulating for months behind closed doors in the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill. Pat Shanahan is t...
By Elbridge Colby
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America's Current War Plans for China, Russia Will Not Work, New Report Says
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The Pentagon's plans to develop weapons and strategies to penetrate Russian or Chinese complex defense networks are a waste of time and could lead to the defeat of U.S. milita...
By Chris Dougherty
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Trump's attacks on Iran complicate trade war with China
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The Trump administration has abandoned Obama-era engagement of both China and Iran in favor of pressure and confrontation. This has pushed Beijing and Tehran closer together, ...
By Elbridge Colby
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U.S. military risks falling victim to China’s effort to gain technology edge, report warns
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The U.S. military may be close to falling victim to a “deliberate, patient and robustly resourced” Chinese strategy to blunt the technological advantages of the American armed...
By Robert O. Work & Greg Grant
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In a Male-Dominated Administration, Pentagon Chief Seeks More Women
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The Pentagon is still a largely male-dominated place, and Patrick Shanahan, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, is pushing hard to change that by f...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Pentagon tells White House: Keep politics away from the military
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Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan had a message for the White House: Politics and the military don’t mix. Shanahan and Navy officials have faced intense scrutiny over ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Strategy to Ask: Analysis of the 2020 Defense Budget Request
Press Release
The Trump administration’s 2020 defense budget request was the first to be built with the full benefit of the 2018 National Defense Strategy, and consequently should be fully ...
By Cole Stevens
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European defense industry could come to regret new US weapons fund
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A new initiative by the Trump administration to subsidize U.S. weapons sales to some former Warsaw Pact countries could rankle European defense leaders, some of whom are fumin...
By Jim Townsend
